exercise · all tools
Stakeholder Interview
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation0 — self-guided
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
A structured conversation with someone your work affects, built around a short sample questionnaire: what is your most important objective, and how can I help you realize it; what criteria do you use to assess whether my contribution to your work has been successful; and if I could change two things in my area of responsibility, which two would create the most value for you. Seeing your own role through their eyes, on record.
Hold with care
- Asking 'what would you change about how I work?' takes real openness — schedule the reflection time after; the answers land later
Practical
- Time
- 30-90 min + 30 landing
- Group
- 2–2 · pairs
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- The question set; notebook; a real stakeholder
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, feedback-mirroring, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Origin & where it lives
Otto Scharmer / Presencing Institute — Theory U (co-sensing phase)
Instructions: open online · CC BY (Presencing Institute)
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status: checked · added 2026-08-25